Juvenile and Family Drug Courts: Profile of Program Characteristics andImplementation Issues

摘要

This report has been prepared by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Drug CourtProgram Office (DCPO) Drug Court Clearinghouse and Technical Assistance Project (DCCTAP) at American University to provide a synopsis of the 'state of the art' of juvenile and family drug court activity. The Profile reflects responses to a survey of juvenile and family drug courts that were operating as of January 1998 and updates a 1996 report that was prepared to document juvenile and family drug court activity that was just beginning at that time. The 1998 updated report is designed to provide a snap shot of the operational characteristics of juvenile and family drug courts that are currently operating and a synopsis of the policy and other implementation issues that have been commonly encountered. The sections that following describe the characteristics of current juvenile and family drug court programs; the populations they are serving; the case processing procedures they are using; the treatment and rehibilitation services they are delivering to the both the juveniles and their families; the policy and operational issues they are addressing as they plan, implement, and fine-tune their various program; and the advice they offer to colleagues in other jurisdictions comtemplating similar programs.